Amish Barn Raising

10 hours compressed into about 1 minute.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Amish
• Barn
• Raising
• Nacoochee
• Valley
• Helen
• Georgia
• Silver
• Image
• Studio
• David Greear

[DLWJohn]

Seems to be a pretty liberal Ordnung, with the trucks and all.

[DWGreear]

The crane was there only for safety. There were so many English volunteers it was decided to have a crane for precaution. The Amish crew would have done it the traditional way if there had been enough of them. There were only about 20 Amish. They recruited a bunch of locals to help on this day, so it was decided that for the safety of the volunteers, a crane would be a good idea... a very Amish characteristic indeed! The framing was raised by manpower and the timbers were all pegged.

[BayviewFinch]

They didn't finish it.

[DWGreear]

They finished it.... I didn't! It got too dark on the first day and it was finished up the next day. Regrettably, I never went back for the last shot. I did get the best part tho.

[DWGreear]

The main crew were Amish who came to Nacoochee Valley to raise the barn. There were only about 10 of them... not enough to do the barn raising alone. The rest were local volunteers who had never done a barn raising before. The crane was there only as a safety measure to prevent any accidents or serious injury. The walls were raised in the traditional method. All pegged together. The crane was just a precaution.

[sttaffy]

I feel so freakin lazy after watching that.

[123MrBurg]

I would clarify the point: Amish 'shun' modern things, but they in themselves are not evil things. It is the dependency on man created things that they feel corrupts a person, so they don't use them, as a rule.

They are not stupid people either. A lifting machine that could lift a load off of a hurt worker much faster than rigging up a team of horses could, is smart and thoughtful thinking. It made setting the 2 main sections in place 100% safer.

No harm, no foul, all you finger pointers.

[77Pix]

Actually in most cases were they have electricity in their house it is a generator. A lot of Amish are using some form of electricity. The reason they are known not to have electronics is because it takes up time they should be spend with the lord in pray and study. Most of them are truly caring and nice people. I grow up next to a huge Amish community. And some of my best friends are Amish. They are very open and kind. If you every have a chance to talk to someone from the faith, please do.

[duckmonsterX]

@moseseseseses Amish rules are kind of complex and dont suit simple reduction well. But they basically take note of the fact that Jesus healed on a sunday and took that as a "Follow the rules closely,,but saving lives is paramount above all." The electricity thing is more cultural anyway, they feel compelled to live "The old way", but not at the expense of letting someone die of an easily treated disease. I think they are admirable.

[StanlakeRoad]

looks like a rush job to me

[moseseseseses]

They teach that it is wrong to use electricity, but when they get sick, and have to go see a doctor and be put in a hospital for medical care , now all of a sudden it is ok to use electricity. If using electricity is wrong sometimes, why is it not wrong all the time? Religion makes a fool out of people doesn't it, and really sends a lot of people to hell, but Jesus Christ the Son of God saves. Aren't you glad that Jesus never said: Thou shalt not use electricity.

[trinisexgod]

i like Amish

[danebrewer10]

@TheSzeder well wood framed buildings, lioke our house are cheaper to build and they go up quicker than brick buildings.....

[courtney359]

seeing the trucks sort of kills it.

[persianscomeandgetth]

It's time for the midnight barn raisin!

[TheSzeder]

@OregonAlleyCat Use brick or concrete instead of wood:D